We knew about this pre-registration of interest for the Xperia Z1 Compact when one of our forum members, dominion posted the link in the Xperia Z1 Compact thread. If you are interested, all you need to do is to click on the "Pre-register" link and enter your email address. Sony Mobile Singapore will " send you updates and let you know when the Xperia Z1 Compact is available to buy".

Sony announced the 4.3-inch Xperia Z1 Compact earlier this month at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014. It has almost the same specs as the 5-inch Xperia Z1; the Xperia Z1 Compact runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core 2.2GHz processor and sports the 20.7-megapixel rear camera with Sony Exmor RS® for mobile image sensor. Here's a quick look at how the Xperia Z1 Compact fares against the Xperia Z1: